Freedom or Death: The Louisiana Slave Revolt of 1811

In January 1811, five hundred slaves of south Louisiana rose in active rebellion against their masters in the largest slave revolt in American history.
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[@weedongding]

For those of y'all wishing to hear of successful slave rebellions of the US: - Amistad Mutiny - Creole Mutiny - John Horse and the Black Seminoles

[@Predator20357]

Quite sad when you only have 3

[@ninjadolphin01]

I dunno if I would call John Horse “successful”

[@hrianboyer928]

Haitian Revolution for a non-US success

[@RaeIsGaee]

@@Predator20357 "if slavery was so bad, why wasnt there any rebellions!!1!" "aksually, thats just three after centuries of suppressing the truth!!1!" "well aksually it wasnt the majority so the south was good aksually!!1!"

[@withlessAsbestos]

@@RaeIsGaee it’s spelled actually and I can’t quite tell your point if you’d elaborate.

[@ashakir622]

I have a burning question for Lost Cause apologists: if slavery was such a benign institute wherein the enslaved were satisfied with their bondage, why would there be a need for a federal law to capture fugitive slaves? After all, happy slaves don't revolt or conspire to escape, do they?

[@George_M_]

Logic doesn't work on lost causers. They'd probably call discontent slaves confused, bad apples, or misled by abolitionists. Sigh >_

[@ashakir622]

@@George_M_ You can say that again. Another thing about Lost Causers that I find so baffling is that they insist that the Confederates did NOT fight the Civil War to defend slavery, yet the entire premise of the Lost Cause with respect to slavery is in its defense, i.e. it was benign, it was in the best interest of blacks to be enslaved, etc. Make it make sense?

[@marsthatdamnrebel]

Why bother with apologists for slavery? Anyone who can somehow find enslavement to be acceptable has already donated their humanity to some other dimension. One cannot accept logic, let alone compassion, if they have surrendered their humanity.

[@ashakir622]

@@marsthatdamnrebel Very well said. It never fails to baffle me that people's pride and egos are so fragile that they would hesitate to denounce outright something so corrupt and evil.

[@shoeby9273]

​@@ashakir622 There is some truth to every lie. Of course the Civil War was about slavery, at least this was core issue for most people. The Confederate States however were not just a carbon-copy of the Union with slavery. The "state's rights" meme is actually somewhat true in that states under the Confederacy were granted a lot more autonomy, which in the end bit them in the ass since their cohesion as a country was not anything near the Union on top of being technologically and logistically inferior. You could say the Union winning the Civil War is what put America on the path to becoming a world power and an idea of a "collection of states" became shadowed by "the Union".

[@nomad155]

As a Haitian it's inspirational and chilling knowing that my people's revolution and massacre started a chain of reactions that changed the country and later the world.

[@Zarastro54]

It is a shame that France and the US kept their boot on Haiti’s neck, even after their independence; stifling your growth and potential.

[@nomad155]

@@Zarastro54 it's disappointing and why I tell many folks that just saying a people group isn't progressing Cause "they're lazy" or made bad decisions is disrespectful and pathetic. They were the pearl of the Caribbean and a Role model to afro counties! Even in recent years they were not given the promised money from Hillary Clinton!

[@reginaldbentworth9159]

my best friend of 15 years is Haitian.... dont fuck with them they crazy asf and real good with machetes

[@timvanrijn8239]

I seriously dont get how people blame countries for not wanting to trade with haiti. People ussualy dont like states build around genoside. Big word i know still its ussed. And it does relay the image the usa and france had on the place. Louvatoure died to soon.

[@Zarastro54]

tim van rijn Not sure what smart ass point you’re trying to make here.

[@mfcolston]

That was amazing... As a black man this narrative sent chills up my spine because my white friends don't understand that just because Dr. King said that the arc of history bends to justice does mean that that always true.

[@lisellesloan3191]

You should look up Daniel Rasmussen's lecture on KZbin, also. He wrote the book, doing groundbreaking research on this topic, and gave an amazing lecture, as well.

[@AtunSheiFilms]

And he retweeted this video, so he is clearly a man of culture.

[@deathserpent9747]

@@AtunSheiFilms i guess this video could be considered history porn for history buffs. So maybe he is a man of culture

[@Zarastro54]

It only arcs when people *work* towards that goal. As long as people strive for justice, history will trend towards it.

[@MortalWombat1988]

Well said friend! Us white people will never truly be able to fully grasp that for millions of people, this isn't or wasn't some abstract historical trivia, but a struggle for the question whether or not they were to be treated as human beings, or as farm animals.

[@nathancooley8459]

I grew up in Louisiana and never heard of this revolt. Not once. I was told almost all slave revolts happened in the Caribbean, not on the mainland. Edit: i feel like I need to make it clearer that this is a complaint about my schooling, not an assertion that this didnt happen.

[@halfpintrr]

That’s the point. The US in general was terrified of the Hatian Revolution. To dilute the narrative, they suppressed the history of these martyrs.

[@oscartaylor4063]

I grew up on the German Coast but learned this 25 years after high school!😤

[@crhu319]

Who wrote your textbooks?

[@nathancooley8459]

@@crhu319 honestly dont remember, they were fairly common ones. But that was decades ago, memory is fuzzy. I only ever had one Louisiana History class

[@atarbuck3452]

@@halfpintrr I’m a black person living in America my whole life. Black people here should sue the school systems ran by Democrats. Majority of blacks here don’t even know their history and with no shame are on the wrong side of history. It’s pathetic.

[@cehteshami]

The axe bit was a really nice touch.

[@JasonSmith-eo9xp]

Esaus the best thing for a Happy Ending Can You Say baby aligators on your friends list Chewing on Infants, babies and an occasional Female

[@dantecaputo2629]

Jason Smith Wot

[@ronnietarnacke5153]

@@dantecaputo2629 he's talking about slave babies being tethered to a rope and used as alligator bait. Truth is stranger than fiction. www.miaminewtimes.com/news/black-babies-used-as-alligator-bait-in-florida-6531453

[@AbsolXGuardian]

@@ronnietarnacke5153 the headline is very unfortunate. I should say something like "black babies used as alligator bait in Florida during slavery"

[@ucanthandledatruth01]

@@AbsolXGuardian apparently they have someone in blk society who has a large group that assesses the mind behind such atrocities. And they said it's better without adding the extra words you had used because the date doesn't matter. They said what's more important in the matter is the attempt to distract with an argument about the date of the atrocities which is a indirect evasive maneuver to also imply it was a mentality at one particular time (accident) while the group say we must assess the mentality which has been perpetually malevolent exercising and refining r@cial 0ppression to depend upon. Is this true?

[@Killzoneguy117]

I was recently watching Kings and Generals' documentary series on the Servile Wars, and it's fascinating to see many of the same themes that led to Spartacus's rebellion manifest in the context of American slavery. There's always such a tragedy to slave revolts. You, as the reader, desperately want them to succeed. To overthrow their masters, bring justice and freedom to their fellow slaves, to find peace and liberty in a new world. But in the end, you have to watch as the overwhelming might of the slave owner class descends down and crushes the rebels. It's why I got mad respect for the Haitian Revolution. Outgunned, outnumbered, they held their own against the might of the French Empire, fighting to liberate themselves from the slave owning chains of their oppressors.

[@mirzasvijet8432]

Ha! I thought the same thing. I’ve seen you in kings and generals comment sections before too. Nice seeing you

[@thegoodguywins1]

The Haitians outnumber their enemies. And that was a small rebellion compared to others

[@nickkerber1145]

@@thegoodguywins1 and they had the added benifit of chaos and distance. Frace went through 5-6 different governemnts during the Hatian revolution, due to the French revolution and the reign of terror. They were also several months away, which made it difficult for Frace to send troops.

[@lman318]

Is it liberation if they were simply crushed via economic sanctions and corruption and civil wars in the years following independence?

[@tsi940]

High regard for those who die in pursuit of freedom

[@lufsolitaire5351]

“Better to die standing than to live kneeling”.

[@KennedyJr2024]

Not all of them

[@crhu319]

You can't escape or avoid history when the villains' names are memorialized on the streets.

[@sirsteam181]

"You can't escape or avoid history when the villains' names are memorialized on the streets. " Though History does not see it that way. For objectively there is no Evil or those who do it's bidding nor is there Good or servants who do it's bidding, just people following their morals of which they see as right and those who appose them as wrong. History is not black and white, it's grey, it only appears black or white when one adds personal view into the mix. Though you are correct for when the "Villain's" of the past are engraved everywhere it is impossible to not take notice.

[@FrankCastle-tq9bz]

Today’s “heroes” are often tomorrow’s “villains” as the mores and values of society shift and evolve.

[@sirsteam181]

@@FrankCastle-tq9bz Well no not really as it depends on one's views and were they hail as it is very subjective so it is not often enough to be general but it is often enough for it to be noticeable

[@FrankCastle-tq9bz]

@Aditya Chavarkar Just because people were talking about abolition doesn’t mean that society as a whole was on-board with the concept - and much of that talk was motivated by desires that were more pragmatic (such as effects in labor markets) rather than relating to ethics.

[@williamholtzclaw3029]

@@sirsteam181 no. Morality doesn't change with time, society does, their society was less just than our own, to imply otherwise is extraordinarily offensive to the good men and women of the past, who very much existed, rather they had political power or not, for God's sake you commented this on a video about Americans freeing themselves from bondage

[@infidelheretic923]

“They’re all equal now.” That was dark.

[@megelizabeth9492]

Death is often referred to as the great equalizer for a reason.

[@BeverlyMcGhee]

No one one deserved to be treated like an animal. The horrors that my ancestors had to endure and that our people are still enduring is almost too much to bear. :-(

[@ethanmcfarland8240]

It wasn’t just blacks who were treated like shit Don’t forget the Irish

[@ThatGuy-eu2vt]

@@ethanmcfarland8240 or the chinese

[@Carlton_Wilson]

"Are still enduring."???? No.

[@ethanmcfarland8240]

Carlton Wilson Yeah this guy doesn’t even now what true oppression is

[@seanow8180]

The United States Of America The Irish came to America after the blacks. They had a president in less than 100 years. Do you know one of the idiot Kennedy brothers predicted a black president for USA by the year 2000? From our perspective the Irish came here yesterday and yet in pples mind, they more American than blacks.

[@christroiano121]

Your historical content is engaging and necessary. Keep it coming!

[@radiobutch2]

Well put

[@michaellawson6298]

I grew up in Louisiana, and had to take Louisiana history . Additionally, I have always been a history buff, so I really enjoyed that class. Yet I had never heard of this revolt until recently. We weren't taught Louisiana history. We were taught white Louisiana history.

[@Demicleas]

Dude we were taught about these slave revolts hell one of them ended up so badly that the streets to new Orleans were lined with the severed heads of the rebels.

[@-_._._-]

​@@Demicleasthat's what this video talked about, the heads on pikes. But a lot of native Louisiana commenters have come forth and said they were never taught it. Maybe you were, but others were not so lucky to have been taught the truth.

[@edolow7601]

I believe those warriors died proud on tht battle field tht taste of freedom alone was worth it for thm

[@AtomicDudez]

Amen

[@arrtes6479]

English?

[@mmcgrath2510]

@@arrtes6479 they missed like 3 letters lol

[@thomaswillard6267]

@@arrtes6479 "I believe those warriors died proud on that battlefield, that taste of freedom alone was worth it for them." I'm so sorry that no one taught you to read, I hope this helps.

[@thefilthiestofcasuals6565]

liberty or death is a very powerful thing.

[@kallekonttinen1738]

This event needs a movie like Spartacus!

[@rootsAlkebu]

Now you're talkin!!!!!

[@kevaughnmerrill6534]

PLEASE!

[@VeganRashad]

300

[@1979benmitchell]

@@VeganRashad "This is New Orleans!"

[@I_name_All_my_guns]

The show is still one of my all time favorite

[@MetallicaMan76]

I would love to see you cover the story of Nat Turner. I feel like you could do it genuine justice.

[@johnratican3824]

True. But I think he wanted to cover a slave revolt that most of us-certainly me-were unaware. I think most educated Americans know about Nat Turner and maybe even Denmark Vessey. But we do not know about the 1811 slave uprising discussed here. Peace.

[@jasonmeadows176]

I call victory‼ They won‼ Freedom or Death‼ The narrator said they died screaming. I say they died free men. They took their life in their own hands. Before you make a slave of me. You will kill me or die try‼ I love it

[@rodneyparker4346]

Before I be a slave I'd rather be dead in my grave

[@theadventureking2569]

@Revolutions For Tomorrow DestroyingFakeChristianity cool, a troll!

[@qadan6000]

Revolutions For Tomorrow DestroyingFakeChristianity APTTMH!🔥🔥🔥

[@anderskorsback4104]

Well, they (mostly) died when their army was routing. Running for their lives from a lost battle.

[@ckopen7192]

@@anderskorsback4104 dude, shut up

[@L.J.Kommer]

"The only consolation I can offer here is that all these men lived two hundred years ago. White or black, slave for free; they're all equal now." Dude.

[@SaunKrystian]

Fk u. Reparations.

[@Flamechr]

@@SaunKrystian okay as a Dane I will send a bill to germany and england for the wars between 1820 to now if I should follow your logic

[@miguelhuaman8280]

Reparations for all the opressed, now.

[@emmanuelervin5035]

@@miguelhuaman8280 Go fuk yourself, the rest of you people don’t matter.

[@lithiumting6152]

Right, this dude is literally delusional to ever suggest such a thing.

[@Song-bd7mx]

I just ran across this video and as a person of African descent, I'm always learning more of what happened to my people. Thanks for posting.

[@vikramgupta2326]

The falling back strategy was also used, very, very successfully the following year --- by the Russians in their momentus defeat of Napoleon.

[@jamesbednar8625]

Native Americans would also use this tactic as well, and whites would fall for almost every time.

[@cocksquancher2916]

Then the nazi Germans tried the same shit and failed again. Why is humanity doomed to repeat past mistakes all the time, kinda like our current president 😛

[@Zen-rw2fz]

*Overture 1812 starts playing*

[@plarteey1316]

Ok I have an idea…. When they approach, We run away GENIOUS

[@Xpwnxage]

It's baffling to me that this was ever considered a mistake. It seems like common sense and battle tactics to take fights when they're most accommodating for you. And I am certainly not a military strategist, it just seems like common sense to me.

[@stupidalienproductions6550]

This would make a great movie and you really make history come alive

[@jayizzett]

We can’t even get the correct news about shit going on today. Yet you think they can give you details from particular evenings over 200 years ago. Think brother

[@OjukwuIsaac]

@@jayizzett A movie still be done. You have a movie an include this event.

[@melgray019]

@@jayizzett it's called research homie...hell you can easily use the narrator commentary for a script in itself.

[@jayizzett]

Mel Gray and that is why we get lied too cause you think using this narrator is research

[@melgray019]

@@jayizzett did i say his narrating was research or did i say you can use his narrating for a script......beside there's many of docs and book's about this event.....Now don't get me wrong no movie about our past well ever be told with 100% accuracy.. As matter a fact there's not one Biopic that I've seen that's been 100% accurate...But we do know this shit went down...And by listening to story about this particular event is intriguing enough to make movie out of it... Rather accurate or not still very entertaining to watch racist white men be murdered..lol

[@RainSoundP]

We’re here by the blood of people who made a sacrifice for us🙏🏾🙌🏾 ancestors ❤️

[@mommas1276]

I am a descendent of Manuel Andry, where the revolt started. My mother was an Andry and we’ve traced our family to even before Manuel. Manuel was a monster and deserved what he got. So did Gilbert, his son. The plantation is now being renovated. I hope the slaves who died get some kind of memorial there when it’s completed. The great jazz trombonist Edward “Kid” Ory was also born on this plantation in 1886. The second name, Trepagnier, is pronounced “truh-PAN-yay”.

[@dawnhewitt1]

Thank you for your passion on this topic.

[@AtunSheiFilms]

It's such an incredible story, and a shame it's not more widely known. Thanks for watching.

[@actsfive30]

We are not Africans,They are the africans...They stole our history and gave us theirs...Get the book "White Gold"....

[@pogglethelesser-fx5bf]

@@AtunSheiFilms unfortunately that was by design.

[@nonenone2275]

@@actsfive30 thanks

[@samanthagibbs3662]

@@actsfive30 hi actsfive tell me more of what you know and this book called White Gold

[@Awakeningspirit20]

I don't even know where I'd begin when I finally get to visit Louisiana, the whole place is just crawling with history and culture! Probably one of our coolest states, no doubt.

[@landonbass83]

From Jackson square, to the slave revolts, to the ex confederate statues. Louisiana has a crazy history

[@landonbass83]

Also we have parishes not counties

[@kevinrees5855]

I am a French tour guide in Lafayette, two hours West. Indeed we have so much history here.

[@Zen-rw2fz]

I imagine that every place is like that and new orleans is just lucky to have someone like atun shei making youtube videos.

[@thomaswilliams2273]

I would guess that Alaska was the coolest state :).

[@patriciaw506]

Thank you for this well-researched video. I disagree that the rebels and the plantation owners are “all equal now” in death. Streets still bear the names of plantation owners, not the enslaved. It is time to change that. Silence is acquiescence, and the least we can do is not acquiesce in honoring slaveholders. 

[@matthewbittenbender9191]

Patricia W thanks for saying this. That was my immediate thought after hearing that at the end. While poetic in its intent the vast majority of these slaver holders went on to live their lives as they chose to live it. Not so for these and so many other black people who happened to be born at the wrong time.

[@brianpeck4035]

Well..it's difficult to not honor men who were slave holders as Washington among others were such. If the names of men who fought and died for freedom can be remembered, i think our nation could be stronger, if we accept them as our own.

[@matthewbittenbender9191]

Brian Peck well it also depends on what we collectively think of as them as freedom fighters or heroes. In Louisiana there are still names of streets still named after the “brave” plantation owners, but not even one memorial or group recognition of these slaves fighting against their oppressors.

[@patriciaw506]

Matt, Yesterday I read that the remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife will be removed from a Memphis Park where his statue previously stood. This article from CNN details the city’s efforts to remove Confederate monuments from three of the city’s parks and the lawsuit filed by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which was recently dropped. (www.cnn.com/2020/05/13/us/nathan-bedford-forrest-body-to-be-moved-trnd/index.html) As Forrest was a slave trader, first Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan and the Confederate General who ordered the slaughter of surrendered black Union soldiers at Fort Pillow, it seems appropriate that the city that was the scene of the tragic Memphis riots in 1866 should be spared another reminder of the Confederacy. In the September 2019 issue of The Atlantic there is an article entitled, “There Are No Nostalgic Nazi Memorials,” (www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/germany-has-no-nazi-memorials/597937/). The author, Susan Neiman, self-described as a Jew from the American South who had lived in Berlin for decades, states, “Germany has no monuments that celebrate Nazi armed forces however many grandfathers fought and fell for them.” The descendants of the soldiers of the Wehrmacht considered their forbears noble men who defended their fatherland, in much the same way that the Confederacy is viewed by its supporters today. It took many years to convince the German population that those grandfathers did commit warcrimes. Crimes that must be decried so that they are not repeated, especially when the symbols of past are hijacked by groups with less than noble intentions. Pardon my lengthy reply but this is an issue that will be with us for a long time.

[@drakonidesthevigilant5155]

I don't know if the iron bust of Hitler I salute every morning would approve of that

[@fightingblindly]

So glad you’re doing this. No one tells these stories about the Americas in such depth and detail.

[@curumu_yt]

7:14 “And then he did the unthinkable. He ordered the bars in the city and suburb of New Orlean be closed”

[@vikramgupta2326]

It's almost like this channel predicted the Pandemic!

[@lunsen402]

if the conclusion of this rebellion (the decapitation of the former slaves and the usage of the victims head as a "message") shows us anything its how utterly barbaric and disgusting the slavers of america where, and how abhorrent their apologists of today are. That those same slave owners are 6 feet under is little condolence. They should have been brought justice in life, sadly history has a way to be cruel to the oppressed.

[@MrIrrepressible]

Many of those slave holders are no doubt burning in hell as we speak.

[@bitspokes496]

@@MrIrrepressible if there is a god who is just these slave owners are being put against the wheel in hell.

[@cwat7319]

Thank you for this. While in Louisiana for my son's graduation in '19 I was looking for something to do with my mother/sister and visited the Whitney Plantation and was the best decision I made aside from taking that road trip. As told by the guide it was the only plantation tour in that area told from the enslaved POV, and she made it a point to state "enslaved". They also have the first Antioch Church which was disassembled, brought to and reassembled there. If you get a chance and down that way please go by to visit. You will not regret it! They also filmed a portion of Django there int he stable when he was hanging by his feet.

[@martinjenkins5471]

That would have been interesting. The South is so rich with history.

[@christianthompson7915]

@@martinjenkins5471 our history is often plagued with slavery and other white supremacists.

[@dominicguye8058]

Been there before, very solemn and enlightening experience, 10/10 would recommend, would go again

[@bobbys5450]

"creoles thought the newcomers were boorish rustic unrefined" 😂

[@EdwardGregoryNYC]

Still true.

[@kevinrees5855]

We still do ! 😂😂😂

[@oscartaylor4063]

Yep! They messed it up for everyone!!!

[@operleutnant7235]

I don’t see rustic particularly as any sort of insult, but hey.

[@amaristudios8573]

"Not everyone took it so seriously" cuts to a grave I like where this is headed

[@Notoriouscj1]

😂😂😂😂

[@blkwarriorspirit5528]

Buried his Axe in his 💀 what a replica that Axe would be

[@kwameadu0075]

Excellent video. I had no idea about this! I'm definitely going to do more research on this. I find the history of slavery in this region fascinating. I have only one correction. You mentioned the two slaves came from the Akan Kingdom. There was no Akan Kingdom. There were a number of Akan kingdoms, the most famous of them was Asante or Ashanti. I happen to be of Asante descent, so I just wanted to put that out there. Other than that, brilliant video. Interestingly enough, Akans were known for instigating slave revolts all over the New World, most famously in Jamaica.

[@jandrashriker5861]

In incredibly depressed phases of my life, I watch this video. I don't know why but it just helps with the spirits. Of everything your channel delivers, this video will always be special and close to my heart. Thank you Atun Shei

[@TheStapleGunKid]

Some day you should do a video the 1841 rebellion on the slave ship _"Creole"_ That was the largest SUCCESSFUL slave revolt in US history.

[@knazibaz]

You, sir, has these last days got me really interested in American history. I saw your videos about Gods & Generals a few days ago, and now I’m reading a book about the civil war and watching your interesting documentaries about American history. Keep it up! Best regards from Sweden!

[@ToxicA_]

The absolute horror of American slavery and racism is sickening. As a Canadian we don't learn stuff like this, Respect for Atun for not holding back about the true and utter horror known as American slavery.

[@incognito6896]

Your the crown colony of a country who murdered millions

[@daikolirae155]

And your people didn't apologize for the genocide of Natives until the 1990s.

[@anthony_depaz]

@@daikolirae155 Calling out the bad things your country has done isn't unpatriotic.

[@daikolirae155]

@@anthony_depaz Never said it was. Doesn't change that Canada didn't openly acknowledge the genocide until 30 years ago.

[@christonsixx]

@@daikolirae155 whites are devils and thats why they are going to be exterminated and systematically enslaved

[@justmyopinion9883]

I have studied Black history all my life and I’d never heard of this Louisiana slave revolt. Thank you for sharing.

[@nellys5593]

I've watched most of your videos. I'm by no means personally invested in the American Civil War, I'm just filling the gaps in my general history knowledge. I'm Bulgarian, currently made my home in Germany, previously lived for years in Asia. What I love about your videos is that you acknowledge the other perspective, the counter arguments. And you engage with your opponents from a positive but factual position. Regardless the topic, we need more people like you explaining world events. Thank you for the balanced videos!

[@nathanirby4273]

Outstanding documentary, very informative bit of lurid Louisiana history. Well done sir.

[@mariotovar951]

Awesome channel. This is how History Channel was when I was a kid. Keep up the awesome content.

[@invisibleman4827]

A harsh and sobering reminder that history is not a fairytale.

[@paulgallagher5889]

Having gone to both public and private catholic shools in Montana, I can honestly say that I have NEVER HEARD ABOUT THIS!!! I was 38 and TODAY YEARS OLD when I learned of this Rebellion!!!!! I can see why John Brown, my personal hero, wanted to continue this tradition!

[@mgildersleeve]

Great job, man.

[@AtunSheiFilms]

Thank you!

[@orleanslouisian3886]

Why on earth hasn't hollywood made this a movie yet And once again a flawless Louisiana history video You are the most knowledgeable KZbin channel that contains new Orleans history videos by far Keep doing your thing⚜⚜⚜⚜ Suggestions: *what if Italy declared war on the U.S. due to the lynchings of the Italians in new Orleans*

[@AtunSheiFilms]

Thank you so much! It's comments like yours that encourage me to keep making these!

[@veronicamitchell9378]

Perhaps Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta will

[@neophytebokor7693]

The truth about why there's no one interested in this account of history is safely tucked away in the subtlety of the soft language used in this oral essay. Producing a movie about a slave insurrection would be too close to an admission of guilt. Especially around 60 years before the civil war, Abraham Lincoln and the second draft of the Emancipation proclamation. Noooo we can't be having that now can we.

[@neophytebokor7693]

It's the little things that looks you in the face and challenges your heart to the soul. The rebellion was 200 years ago yet the echo of it rings in ones ears like the bell was stuck seconds ago. Examples: plantation mansions still standing and graves memorialized, streets named after the men that led against the uprising. They are to this day looked at like war heroes. Those fighting for their humanity?! Made examples of. Statues of their heads on pikes, immortalized in their hubris. Forever humiliated for daring to reach out for humanity . . .

[@bubbie23jw]

I just asked this🤦🏽‍♂️😢😢

[@rnedlo9909]

I was told as a child to be proud of America. Then I was given a 13 volume History of America encyclopedia, which I read several times over. It was an honest regalia of what it took to conquer a continent, make a nation, build a culture. From that knowledge came a balanced view of this great experiment and my love/hate relationship with those that brought about this country. EVERYTHING we have, from the very shape of our country to the resources we enjoy within it, came from their actions. So, now we have the luxury to arm chair judge their performance, as is right to do. But keep in mind: If they didn't do what they did most likely none of us would be here to judge them. There would be other people, just not us. Takes a while to sink in. Everything We Have is connected to them, the good, the bad, the moral, the immoral, we are connected to and mingled with. We will be history soon, what judgement will be passed down on us?

[@chriswekelo851]

Very cool! Hadn't seen a presentation on this story before, but knew of it through genealogy research, and you did it justice. Trepagnier is my 2nd cousin, nine times removed (his line goes back to Quebec, where his Grandfather was an Uncle of mine, many generations ago) but I wasn't too thrilled find that out, lol. Loved your ending summation and personal thoughts. You didn't try to make the story palatable, and allowed it to speak for itself honestly.

[@bane1522]

This was beautifully shot and narrated this is really refreshing to see someone not only handle the subject gracefully but to also mix information with artistry. You can feel the passion you have for the subject throughout which is lacking in a lot of KZbin historian channels.

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

Heads on pikes. A testiment to the true nature of antebellum culture as a brutal feudalistic throwback. And the clueless worshipers of the Lost Cause rage at Lincoln for upsetting that system.

[@STho205]

Remember that the US only purchased the district 7 years before and most of the existing river planters in 1811 were old French&Spanish Creole Blanc and Nior families. Brutality and a thin veneer between tribal, medieval and modern is often seen in these histories on all sides. Most Americans by 1811 had settled above near Baton Rouge and the Bastrop tracts. Another tid bit you may have overlooked: in 1807/8 the US abolished the Trans Atlantic slave trade by an act of Congress (sponsored and signed by Jefferson), simultaneous with the British Wilberforce bill that year. This caused much anger by these Orleans district Creoles planters now Americans. The Lafitte Brothers openly smuggled African slaves 1808 to 1814 through US Navy antislaver blockades. One reason the USN raided and burned their hideout in 1814.

[@beverlybalius9303]

OaklandLYM Are you crazy?. I am from Mississippi and 64 years old and No One I have ever known has wished that system was in place!, That is a Liberals Lie!,,,, No way!,,,, That is crazy Talk.

[@ShinigamiInuyasha777]

To be fair, Heads on Pikes was a running theme in most of Civil Wars in Latin America. In my country for example after seven months of a siege to a city. The federalist troopes decided to avenge the murder of POWs of the unitarians by taking the unitarian leader alive. Tie him to a horse with his back naked to parade him across the city. Rip his skin from his back, make a poncho with it. And use the fat of his body for a stew...and throw their head on the city until it was given back to the family

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

@@beverlybalius9303 Unrealistic fantasies about past times is not uncommon. Your average beer swilling Brit could care less about the millions of colonial subjects who were brutally murdered in the name of bringing "civilization" to heathens and mindlessly repeat the line they were indoctrinated in about the Empire being a good thing. Like the author did, listen to the slave narratives and then tell me that it was anything to be proud of.

[@TheOlesarge]

Putting heads on a pike is a timeless Human tradition of the victor over the vanquished. I also seem to recall hearing in this film how the largest slaveowner in New Orleans was a free man of color. That doesn't fit your narrative, though, does it?

[@blazayblazay8888]

their rebellion was the victory

[@jasonbrown372]

first victory

[@Rednecknerd_rob9634]

I enjoyed this vid, man. Great job. As a student of history, particularly of the Civil War and before, I love learning about all of the more lesser known parts of history. Because for me it's the lesser known parts combined with the more largely known parts of history that we can see and get a clearer picture of history itself.

[@nunyabusiness4404]

This was excellent coverage about this slave revolt. I would like to see a segment covering Nat Turner's Rebellion at some point as well.

[@NunyaMcBusiness]

YOU STOLE MY NAME

[@SeanSmith-qt8xd]

Thanks Atun Shei for making these videos! They have been super helpful for studying in my American history class.

[@battlejack1863]

Man the public school systems could really use a good history teacher like you this is the way it was taught when I was a student

[@hubertblastinoff9001]

What if they had managed to kill that first guy?

[@OjukwuIsaac]

I was thinking about that; what would the history be like?

[@lakeashajohnson3559]

Right

[@nikanov]

a few of them should have went after him..especially if they had ~500... Great story nonetheless!

[@UnknownLord711]

Hold Your Own Nuts!! From the sounds of it, they were outside slaves so I doubt they would be let anywhere near his food and water. Also about the ammo, it would've been very hard to get a lot of ammo since they had no steady supply of it besides looting the plantations.

[@jamestown8398]

If Andre died then he couldn't have warned the other planters to form a militia, and thus wouldn't have been able to block Deslondes' withdraw. It's possible Deslondes could have lured the US forces into an ambush and defeated them, and perhaps even burned New Orleans. I don't think the United States would abandon Louisiana so we're unlikely to see a second Haiti on the Gulf of Mexico, but he could have lead his escaped slave army into the wilderness to the west or the south and gained freedom for them.

[@coenisgreat]

“The slaves! They’re revolting!” “I know right? You’d think it’d be easier to get some good-looking ones.” “No, I mean they’re rebelling” “Oh... I suppose that would explain why you’re bleeding on my freshly cleaned floor” “...” “You gonna clean that up or what?”

[@dudesqr]

I feel like this a Mel Brooks reference, but I don't think it is.

[@herusolares5320]

@@dudesqr overly sarcastic history reference

[@dudesqr]

@@herusolares5320 It's a History of the World, PT. 1 joke, which is a Mel Brooks film Edit: "The people are revolting!" King: You said it, they stink on ice!

[@MHO999999]

Thanks for this outstanding video. I like to think that I'm well educated, but I never heard of this rebellion until now. I know enslaved Africans were much more rebellious than what we are led to believe. Again, I'm grateful, keep up the great work.

[@jayizzett]

We get even get accurate info in the present with all the tech we have. Yet you think they can tell us about evenings over 200 years ago. This shit is garbage. All stories to control our mind

[@MHO999999]

@@jayizzett Yes I think they can tell us about things that happened over 2,000 years ago. And one day someone will accurately tell stories about life in the year 2020.

[@stephenakastephen5117]

I’ve been a history enthusiast all my life but I had never heard of this. Thank you for bringing attention to little known events like this in American history

[@ej1722]

This sickens me😤Yet black Louisiana residence take pride in the Plantation owners & confederate army, by leaving their statues & street names today😤Change All of that, tear it ALL down❗

[@rodneyparker4346]

Protesting tearing down statues rioting ain't changing nothing they still killing us

[@sirsteam181]

@@rodneyparker4346 "Protesting tearing down statues rioting ain't changing nothing they still killing us " True it only emboldens them.

[@atashikokoni]

Slaves follow classic military doctrine of choosing your ground wisely, then get widely criticised for lacking discipline. No bias there.

[@wanderinghistorian]

You should get some sort of award for this. This was as good a documentary as anything put together by a major industry.

[@paperspast5318]

A great presentation. Reading some of the contemporary newspapers of the time just confirms how appallingly slaves were treated. An absolutely shameful period of history.

[@jandrashriker5861]

I really enjoy learning about the pre and during civil war history on this channel.

[@vfmc77]

The production value here was fantastic! I especially loved the timing and editing with the axe murder re-enactment

[@fidomusic]

I didn`t even know about this. Enlightening video. Thank you. Poignant but appropriate ending with the Barry Lyndon end quote.

[@xaviersusanna152]

Kinda of reminds me about other failed slave revolts in the Caribbean. Such as the Tula Revolt in Curacao.

[@Mrgruntastic]

I just discovered your channel day before yesterday and I absolutely love it. Please! More histories on slave revolts. I've always wondered what the reaction of the U.S. was to the Haitian revolution. If you can do something on that sometime that would be seriously awesome.

[@videogamebomer]

Generally speaking the US refused to recognize Haiti fearing that would ups set the south. And the south feard a slave revolt so they double downd by passing stricter laws.

[@guillaumefrancois3942]

The US destroys Haiti for the successful slave revolt. In addition to occupying Haiti for a number of years, they have enacted policies that crippled Haiti politically and economically. The US, France and others will never forgive Haiti for its revolution.

[@terrenceedmonds1890]

Funny...we was never taught this in school in Louisiana and it was mandatory that we took Louisiana history in high school in the 90s

[@Quinntus79]

Kind of like how in Oklahoma we talked about the Tulsa Race Massacre in the 1920s (that class conveniently skipped over the Osage murders, though).

[@chancebelle754]

Cause they dirty always trying to hide our history

[@samstuff8554]

In Virginia they made us take Virginia study’s in elementary and middle school and called the civil war the “war of northern aggression” this was in 2010 so nothing’s changed much

[@KPC-123]

They called it murder when he 'confessed' his guilt and told what he had done with that ax. But when we see the blood soaked history between the efforts of tyrants and kings against the efforts of all free people we must then be compelled to acknowledge that it wasn't murder at all....it was Justice!

[@KPC-123]

@Rick Quicker Tell me, what is the difference between Law and Justice?

[@KPC-123]

@Rick Quicker Okay. We know that 'Law' is viewed as tool (of sorts) that is 'designed' to help create a stable, orderly society by creating a consistent framework of rules that are designed to regulate our conduct towards one another as well as our conduct towards society as a whole. These 'rules' need to be applied evenly, in a dispassionate and predictable manner in order to protect not only it's own people but the people in nearby locations whether they are counties, states of countries. Justice, on the other hand, is far more complicated and far more subjective. This has meant that many people are unaware that it (Justice) is far more important than Law. It also has a much greater impact on the development of civil societies and it's individuals within those societies. Basically that means Justice transcends Law as it is so much more than a dry shallow legal code purposely crafted as such.. Law is the method or means to an end whereas Justice is the objective. In fact, Justice does not always require Laws. Just as there are Laws that are very unjust. It is a common belief that the primary function of law is to keep 'order' within that society. This is not true at all; it is a myth. Social stability does not require Law, it only requires a monopoly on the application of violence and a willingness to use that force. There is perhaps one concept in jurisprudence that stands apart from most others; '...........Law should ALWAYS be the servant of Justice.................' Therefore any society or nation that purports to have legitimate sovereignty and legal jurisdiction over it's people while it speaks only of 'good order ' rather than what Justice demands and seeks to avoid the application of those Laws through deceit and malice has no standing to bring anyone before the bar' and demand they account for their actions. If that nation has a standard whereupon the value of one man's life is not given an equal standing of another man's life then it's a not a truly sovereign entity. The legal code speaks of murder as an unjust crime which people take to mean that the man who used the ax should be held to account for that....but if we are truly seeking Justice than we need to bring the man (who got axed must go to trial first. I

[@KPC-123]

@Rick Quicker perhaps, it generally depends upon the details, who is involved and how many different outcomes are possible. I do not believe in a fixed and immutable moral code that comes from the 'Divine' . Most people who share the belief that the 'rules of one's conduct are demanded by God no matter the situation or the details of the reality on the ground'. This looms large in the 3 major worldwide religions. I do not agree w/ this, as I've seen that such beliefs have a very real cost,. And for most of those who are closer to that threshold of survival, it can be too high a price. In fact it seems to me that the loudest voices in favor of this type of a moral code are people who want for nothing they need , and they can afford luxury of such beliefs.. Let me ask you a question about Justice and Vengeance, Do you know what one of the biggest differences between them?

[@GatCat]

Damn, as a white man I have no idea what this horrific time was truly like. I am so grateful I didn’t live during this backwards time.

[@justchilling704]

Me too, although I'd argue the Roman slave revolts were even worse.

[@BoskoBuha99]

You sure look white...

[@javieralberty3693]

Wow. Great video telling such a tragic story.

[@f1nger605]

Chilling video. I really admire the attention you pay to presentation. Glad you're seeing a jump in subscribers and I hope you go far with this. Well done.

[@Gennaropacchiano]

Confederate apologists: “If slavery was so bad, why didn’t they rebel?” Historians: “They did…. Like, all the time.”

[@toddlogg]

I have TIK for WW2 history and economics and now I've got this Channel for Slavery and Civil War history.

[@blacknbougie8021]

This gave me chills. Thank you.

[@alleynealisleem9777]

R.I.P To All The VICTIMS Of The Slave Revolt And The Slave Trade itself!🙏

[@Meymeygwis]

Fantastic thank you, really well done tribute to an important story that could have been historically pivotal had things gone differently ...an enticing exercise in virtual history!

[@SeanSmith-qt8xd]

Thanks for this informational video it was super helpful for studying for my American history class.

[@cageybee7221]

"the slaves are revolting" "oh i know, right?" "no, i mean the slaves are in rebellion!" "OH!"

[@heyheyhey40]

These men created a great commentary here. I’m shocked. Unfortunately most of the time, we are used to white people telling an edited version of history. Trying to retell history to soften it and make it not as bad as it actually was. These men just said it like it is.

[@marrtinsharp9030]

As long as the stories is told my brother

[@travelingjohn69]

Good video. But I would argue that equality in death is irrelevant to an oppressor. It's about expanding and maintaining a system of oppression for their lineage to benefit from. To this day we as Blacks still fight that same unbroken system.

[@sirsteam181]

"It's about expanding and maintaining a system of oppression for their lineage to benefit from. To this day we as Blacks still fight that same unbroken system. " Though the truth of this depends on ones view with some agreeing and some not. Either way much has been gained in this pursuit.

[@johnratican3824]

How are you people oppressed? In what way? This aught to be good......

[@travelingjohn69]

@@johnratican3824 How are we not? The fact you just came at me in a condescending manner shows that we still deal with people that have a superiority complex to us. That in itself shows oppression.

[@jaegosushaesyuemarshall-br8304]

I'm from new Orleans these my people

[@ethenwimberley2752]

Amazing video! Thank you for sharing. I stumbled upon the 1811 German Coast uprising on wikipedia and had little hope that anyone would have a video with more detail on KZbin. I'm quite happy I was incorrect in that assumption.

[@joanwilson4602]

We were not SLAVES we were ENSLAVED big difference!!

[@kayymarie1105]

Facts!

[@reginaldbentworth9159]

as a white kid growing up in east Atlanta in a black community i had heard this my whole life from my friends and people in my community but this is the first time ive seen it expressed online this is an idea worth spreading, my friends have always told me the real lasting effects of oppression are subtle and internal and i feel changes like this can help begin solve those issues

[@timvanrijn8239]

@@reginaldbentworth9159 you know it could also be that due to shared history. Afram. Communities have held on to that depression narative as national fiction. One that might not be completly healthy or productive.

[@bosto23]

You where nothing.

[@ThejollyFrenchman]

bosto23 And you, sir, don't understand English. Were, not where. Where refers to a location, ie: Where are you going?

[@cracno1125]

The title reminded me of one thing: ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΊΑ Ή ΘΆΝΑΤΟΣ! ( Eleftheria I Thanatos, Motto of Greece. It means freedom or death!)

[@thibaudduhamel2581]

Cracno112 « La liberté ou la mort » was a very popular cry during the early french revolution.

[@bigjavo36]

They had a 6 to 1 advantage and still lost. That one hurts.

[@larrylacause1899]

Yeah , , what happens is , , Fear , , comming up 2 fight , , some trained people its Hard , , all there Life , Never Killed , human befor , , its , Vary , hard , NO , training , , im , fm, Chicago , ive seen , , and heard , , Seen and heard Detroit , , its SAD , , ,

[@jeremiahsaxton8967]

@@larrylacause1899 I can't help but read that in William Shatner's voice

[@thefonzcoobreeze6887]

The interesting fact is that african People did not fear death, so something has got to be missing from this picture.Research the Haitian revolution that took place 7 years before this event.

[@vikramgupta2326]

The most basic explanation I can give comes from a well known principle in Corporate culture. New teams go through 3 phases...Forming, Storming, and Norming. It's really hard for a new group of people to get to an effective state in short order.

[@ramseszulu7682]

Guns without ammo???

[@anoon-]

For people who feel bad: don't be. The slaves are firmly in heaven for their brave actions, the owners are in the deepest pit of hell.

[@furrycircuitry2378]

Truly the only way to die is to die in battles for freedom, killing a man the most honorable of sin.

[@xxxchild_predatorxxx107]

What about the innocent whites that were killed?

[@anthony_depaz]

@@xxxchild_predatorxxx107 No one said they also weren't in heaven. Stop trying to be a victim wehraboo.

[@jonathanflood4545]

Headed to new Orleans for my 21st, I've always loved the history and cultural and hopefully one day haiti to help out. Love the history of oppressed people fighting for their freedoms! Were are all equal and one United! Love to all my brothers n sisters!

[@rtauzin64]

Thanks again for a wonderful video. Our history, tragic, yet fascinating.

[@professional_cynic98]

Slaves rebel: White Neo Confederates: But Why?

[@SanitysVoid]

The slave army should have discussed the plan for when they would run out of ammunition. They should have rushed the planters with edged weapons, some would be killed but they could have won. Never run in the face of the enemy.... everybody dies.

[@thechosenone1533]

@Bullets in Bacon Grease Irish weren't slaves they were indentured servants. Difference being that they would be free after a few years of service and could not be whipped, tortured,mutilated,raped or killed as and when the master pleased. The had some rights,slaves had none.

[@oliviacarter2237]

Bullets in Bacon Grease no bitch if u not in America don’t speak on it look up black Wall Street we don’t have a choice they won’t and don’t let us trive

[@ootdega]

@Bullets in Bacon Grease What alt-right blog did you get all this from, boomer?

[@oliviacarter2237]

Bullets in Bacon Grease *had

[@oliviacarter2237]

Bullets in Bacon Grease yall took everything y’all have💀💀

[@lynnie9715]

Live free or die! This is very sad story. What a shame. They wanted to stand up and make a statement and get their freedom. I'm sure most of them didn't even want to kill anyone, just thought they were doing the right thing. I am sure there were some who were so scared to join, but didn't want to not help their friends and families or be left out too. And they died anyway Scared and traumatized. Super sad. What awful people who lived back then, (and still today)

[@DanielAspajo9930]

I want a movie of this so badly now, if Atun Shei Films decides to make it I will definitely be one of your patrons

[@HistoryBoy]

This is definitely one of my favorite videos you have ever produced!

[@lithiumting6152]

“They died equal” Um no the slave owners died criminals such as rapist and murders, the slaves are hero that fought till their death. Don’t EVER compare them or get the two mixed up.

[@lithiumting6152]

@@joshual8195 Tell that to the animals that stormed the capitol smeared feces on the walls, stole, destroyed property and tried to rig an election.

[@MrHat.]

@@joshual8195 citation needed

[@aleshawashington2919]

I think you misunderstood the statement.

[@ingridlinbohm7682]

Spilled Blood leads to spilled blood. No one wins when minds are filled with hate.

[@alonzofrazier1560]

This is one of many revolts.

[@tooeztv7152]

I’m so proud of these black great men ..

[@dragondrew2000]

Am travelling to New Orleans from Missouri in early August to spend a week down there, I will be remembering this when I drive through those areas on my way to the French Quarter.

[@marychampion3492]

Nice job with video! Very well done and presented in a way to capture interest.